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SCA: security update for libnmap (GHSA-7g2w-6r25-2j7p)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423073

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - A command injection vulnerability in libnmapp package for versions <0.4.16 allows arbitrary commands to be
 executed via arguments to the range options. (CVE-2018-16461)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7g2w-6r25-2j7p

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 423073

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 97.35

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16461

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/1/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/30/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16461

cwe: CWE-77